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Alibaba Review: Key Facts You Must Know about Alibaba before You Trade There

Two decades ago, global trade e-commerce was still a desert in the macro milieu of internet technology development, until in 1999, a China-based wholesale trade platform called Alibaba.com emerged and started making global suppliers and buyers do business in a much more easy and efficient way. Just as what its logo motto illuminates, “Global trade starts here”.

Wholesale Trade Platform Alibaba

Over the past 21 years’ development, Alibaba has been overwhelmingly dominating the world in cross-border trade and keeps enlarging its business scope as well as customer base. Even today, with so many rising competitors around the world, Alibaba is still the unbeatable and absolutely No. 1 leader in the arena of global wholesale trade, in terms of credibility, item directory range, quantity of registered users, trade volume, etc.

Key Facts about Alibaba.com:

Based on the latest report, now Alibaba boasts a total of 53 million registered members covering over 240 countries and regions.
Alibaba has offices in more than 60 cities across Greater China, Europe, Korea, Japan, the United States and India.
Alibaba has more than 5200 categories of items for buyers to choose from and is attracting suppliers to add more and more categories.
Alibaba.com is a global trade directory website where you can either sell items or find suppliers to buy items by registering with Alibaba.
As a B2B website focusing on wholesale business, Alibaba accepts minimum orders as low as 1 piece.
Alibaba.com has evolved into three online wholesale trade platforms: www.1688.com (for Chinese domestic wholesale trade only), www.alibaba.co.jp (for trade to and from Japan) and www.aliexpress.com (for global buyers seeking fast shipment and small quantities of goods). In particular, AliExpress is its newest wholesale platform.
Alibaba offers some free value-added business tools and services to facilitate your trade with your counterparts, including TradeManager, Ask It!, Price Watch and Trade Alert. To use these tools or series, you need to sign up with Alibaba for free first.
On Alibaba.com, you can find many online tutorials to help you learn about all the basics and details you need to know before doing business there.
The Alibaba.com forum is a great community to get helpful advice from suppliers or buyers who have business experience on Alibaba.
OEM products and dropshipping service are extensively offered by suppliers on Alibaba.

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Best Made-in-China Android Tablet PCs 2013 Available at Chinese Online Shopping Sites

Many people around the world choose to buy made-in-China tablet PCs directly from Chinese online shopping websites as it can cut middle-men as many as possible. On the other hand, some people are completely lost in the countless choices in terms of model, brand, pricing, supplier or the like. That is why we can see questions about which made-in-China tablets using Android OS are the best. Let me tell you a short cut: take a look at the most popular Chinese online stores that offer tablet PCs and you will soon spot the top Chinese tablets. Generally, those more reviews are the best.

My have posted quite a number of articles talking about Chinese tablets in my site. In particular, “Top Chinese Brands in Tablet PCs: Suppliers & Prices” introduces some famous Chinese brands who produce great tablets. In case some buyers can’t afford the time to do the research work, I decide to make a short list of 2013 top Chinese branded tablet PC models empowered by Android operation system here. All tablets listed below are best rated in the Chinese online stores. They are priced between under $100 and $200 plus. Most are available with free shipping – it usually depends on whether the store provides free shipping service. You can find the rating stars and/or the total number of reviews under each product image. Yes, I gathered the information from the shopping sites in the way mentioned above too.

YeahPad Starlight Blue Android 4.0 Tablet PC with 7 Inch Capacitive Screen (4GB, WiFi, 1.5GHz, 3G, Camera), See more specifications here >>
Available at Lightinthebox.com

ONN™ M6 9.7″ Android 4.1.1 Dual Core RK3066 1.6GHz 16GB Tablet PC with Bluetooth, Auto Screenshot, Bluetooth Keyboard, Capacitive IPS Touch, 2160P, HDMI, Dual-camera, WIFI, See more specifications here >>
Available at Dinodirect.com

MD708 7.0″ Android 4.0.4 A13 1.0GHz Tablet PC with Wi-Fi, Camera, External 3G, Capacitive Touch (4GB) (Black & White), See more specifications here >>
Available at Focalprice.com

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Lightinthebox Wedding Dress Collection 2011

Wanna know the trends of wedding dresses for 2011? Take a good look at Lightinthebox’s Wedding Dress Collection for 2011, then you will get the answer. Besides, I am sure you will be fascinated by the gorgeous wedding dresses introduced there.

Trend 1: Mermaid Style

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High Quality Custom-made Bridesmaid Dresses on LightInTheBox

When it comes to custom-made bridesmaid dresses, Lightinthebox.com is definitely a widely recognized expert in this field. Years ago, when Lightinthebox started to sell fashion products especially wedding apparel, it was hard to image that a bride-to-be in the United States can have all the bridesmaid dresses for her maids-of-honor custom-made by a dressmaker far away in China. But Lightinthebox makes it truly happen.

Images Courtesy of Lightinthebox.com

Today, more and more Chinese online stores provide custom-made services on all kinds of dresses, including wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, evening dresses, prom dresses and a lot more. At the same time, as the initiator who officially introduces this service to the China wholesale market, Lightinthebox has become the outstanding leader in providing cheap custom-made bridesmaid dresses to global buyers. Then, what exactly makes its business of custom-made bridesmaid dress so successful? To find the answer, we did a rather complete research. Continue reading High Quality Custom-made Bridesmaid Dresses on LightInTheBox

Guide to Shopping Cheap Special Occasion Dresses from Trusted Stores

With such a wealth of cheap special occasion dresses available online, you may get lost in finding the best deals on desired formal dress for your next special occasion. Here we’d like to share our knowledge about where to find best but cheap special occasion dresses on the internet. If you are a store owner looking for special occasion dresses to fill your inventory, this handy guide may help you out as well.

Background Info about China Wholesale Stores

Today, when it comes to shopping in bulk, China is definitely the first option. So far no country or region can beat China in terms of item prices. Meanwhile, the country keeps improving the quality level of all sorts of items that are manufactured for export and takes hold in a big way on the global market.

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Tips on Shopping for Cheap Made-in-China Android Cell Phones Online

While Apple and Samsung smartphones are dominating the world with their superior performance as well as great features, made-in-China Android cell phones are also getting popular all across the world. Popular features and super low prices are the key reasons why Chinese smartphones can grab the market share. Earlier this month I published a post “Best Made-in-China Android Tablet PCs 2013 Available at Chinese Online Shopping Sites“. Here are a few tips on how to shop for cheap China Android mobile phones from online Chinese stores:

Check out the prices. Generally, the price ranges can reflect the performance standards to some extent. Android 4.0 China cell phones under $100 are normally not as good as those above $100 in real operation. Anyway, the comparison makes senses only among made-in-China cell phones for sale at the same Chinese online store. You know, different stores may offer different prices for the same model.

Review the features. Chinese smartphones have one thing in common: they are commonly empowered by a range of features that are relevant to the latest trends around the world. Bear in mind that more features usually mean higher prices. If you are purchasing a Chinese cell phone on a limited budget, you may need to sacrifice some features that you don’t necessary want. As for features, you should at least check the cell phone’s processing capacities, responsiveness of touch screen, compatibility with networks, camera pixels, battery capacity and hours of duration, built-in memory capacity and external flash card memory capacity, screen size and operation system. Choose the one with features that fits your needs and your budget. If you are not sure about which features suit you, read the reviews of the latest Chinese Android smartphones as much as you can and you may get inspired. Continue reading Tips on Shopping for Cheap Made-in-China Android Cell Phones Online